Continuing Professional Development
"Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a
continuing learning process that compliments formal undergraduate
and postgraduate education and training. CPD will play an important
role in the delivery of the new Revalidation system. CPD requires
doctors to maintain and improve their standards across all areas of
their practice. CPD should encourage and support specific changes
in practice and career development, and have a role to play in
helping doctors to keep up to date when they are not
practising."
We explain the background to
Continuing Professional Development and link to some of the key
supporting documents
A selection of key documents,
from the College and other organisations that will assist in the
understanding of Continuing Professional Development.
In preparation for Revalidation, and
in line with the
10 Principles of Good Practice in CPD developed by
the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the RCGP has developed
a CPD Credits
Scheme for all GPs. This scheme is fully described in the
RCGP
Guide to the Credit-Based System for CPD.
A range of initiatives are being developed by the Professional
Development Board to support CPD for GPs.